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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 29, 1892
Page
4
The passage argues that merely free ore won’t relieve need. instead a low duty on crude iron would activate mills and recall discharged workers. It notes freight costs and the possibility of importing pig iron ready-made by paying freight on a single ton, framing Andrew Dill’s proposal as the remedy for New England’s mills.
A West occasion with Colorado Republicans emphatically urging free silver coinage. Delegates chosen to Minneapolis will vote only for candidates favoring free coinage. The piece argues locality shapes opinion more than party belief and criticizes Massachusetts allies.
Massachusetts congressman on the ways and means panel predicts a favorable outcome for Andrew's bill to place iron ore on the free list and reduce crude iron tariffs. The article argues New England industry suffers from McKinley duties that raise ore transport costs and hinder local pig iron production.
City council urged to rethink a proposed 3 million loan for permanent improvements. Critics say current plans for South Boston and Austin Farm lack adequate grounds and would be costly, advocating expanded, better facilities and revised housing at Deer Island’s House of Industry to avoid dormitories.
The Ohio Republican convention yesterday declared that every coined dollar should have the same intrinsic value as every other coined dollar, opposing the 1890 silver act and signaling a reversal from last year. The shift is viewed as a rebuke of the policy and parallels similar moves in Massachusetts.
law as it now stands a great many more millions of them must come. For every seventy cents' worth of pig silver which Mr. Foster is buying, at the rate of six tons a day, he is authorized to coin a silver token stamped as a dollar and pay it out to redeem the warehouse warrants which he has issued as legal tender. This is the policy which the Republican administration is carrying out today. It is the policy which Senator SHERMAN, only a few days ago, declared to be wise and beneficent. The suddenness of the somersault of his party in his own State must take away the breath of the Ohio Senator, just as that of Mr. Loper in Massachusetts made Congressman WALKER gasp.
Republican leaders question renominating Harrison as Cleveland strengthens Democratic prospects. With Cleveland clear as the Democratic choice, Republicans feel pressure to avoid weaknesses and increasingly favor a candidate who can unite the party. The shift signals favorable sentiment as Cleveland's prominence grows in public view.
The New Hampshire Republican convention shows Chandler out of the party’s local power structure as Dr Gallinger clears the field. The state committee for the coming year lacks any Chandler ally, weakening the administration’s grip and dimming Harrison’s prospects in the Minneapolis convention.
The Epison and Thomson-Houston combination may form a powerful electric trust with a New York charter. Reported features include a 50 million capital, tax exemption via a low special rate, and broad business privileges, signaling a monopoly rivaling Bell Telephone and Standard Oil. The trust is described as a result of dangerous special legislation.
A satirical verse laments Chicago as a boomtown that rose with fierce growth and rumors, claiming the Fair and much of Illinois, but ends noting its ambition fails as the city’s metaphorical tongue dries and predictions sour.
Letter writer Avrnix F Hint of Boston argues against unvetted schoolhouse decorations and urges using Charlestown State Prison’s “decorator” after his term ends. He praises the prison ceilings and walls and proposes copying water bath ideas from the prison, noting fresh water from an overhead faucet and no tub contact.
H Walker of Washington D C writes thanks for the Post's engraving copy sent to him. He already had it framed and says the likenesses are the best he has seen in a similar group and creditable to the Post.
The Boston Post is praised for exposing baby farming dens as the Haverhill Gazette urges continued reporting to awaken public conscience about the social evil.
A fragment from a 19th century column notes remarks by Raum and Rusk on certainty of spring and national progress. It references Punch artist Harry Furniss on American women, The World on New York’s potential, and a debate between Blair and Ho. It ends with jokes about Sullivan, Corbett and a self made man who married an heiress.
Dr Charles Cullis is seriously ill amid charity work. Abby Merton Diaz mourns the death of her son. L H Curtis touts a gifted canary. Willis and George Nowell gain New England Conservatory professorships. George Nowell, famed pianist, is ex-Governor Ames's son‑in‑law. Louise Chandler Moulton plans a rest trip to New York. Edward Bellamy appears on Boston streets in a slouch hat. Rep Rosnosky chairs in Speaker Barrett's absence as Sgt at Arms Adams loses his composure briefly.
An editorial claims Lieutenant Governor Haile will accept the Republican nomination for governor if the party unites and calls on him. The piece notes Haile’s health and duty to the party, with Republicans hopeful his candidacy can heal past frictions and aid their presidential year strategy.
The Lewiston Maine Journal business manager W A Pidgin celebrates twenty five years with the paper. Irene S Wood of Cochesett has just completed seventy two terms teaching in the same village school. Samuel Guernsey an old Maine trapper from Moosehead Region has made a tramp to Portland and for the first time saw the ocean. Henry F Hiller of New Bedford becomes superintendent at Graham Twist Drill Company Detroit after years in Morse Twist Drill and Machine Company top department. Ex President Hayes visits Norwich Connecticut to research family records and visit ancestral homes and graves of early settlers including John Birchard first town clerk.
Mrs Depew forbids her children fairy stories. Congressman Springer tours Baltimore Bay on a Virginia pilot boat. Cornell Professor Schurman considered for UC Berkeley presidency. Miss Sarah Randolph, Jefferson’s great granddaughter, ill in Baltimore. Princess Frederick Charles leads German women’s department at Chicago fair after a famed cavalry general’s marriage and a morganatic union.
The Boston Post issues a large tinted sheet with portraits of one hundred Massachusetts notables led by Governor Russell. Including ex governors state officers congressmen clergymen and businessmen from all sections and parties. Likenesses praised and worth permanent value. Public demand expected to be large.
The Boston Post distributes an elegant souvenir engraving among patrons titled One Hundred Massachusetts Notabilities, as reported by the Cheshire Republican.
The funeral for Maggie Williams, victim of a Cambridgeport tragedy, was held yesterday at Litchfield's, Main Street. About forty attended, a Maggie pillow atop the casket, Rev. A. E. Reynolds read scriptures and delivered a eulogy, sister Lizzie Williams of New York among mourners. Burial followed in Cambridge Cemetery.
The Scotch-Irish Society of America held its annual congress in Atlanta on April 28. Mayor Hemphill gave the welcome, President Robert Benner replied, with addresses by Dr. John S. McIntosh and Colonel George W. Adair of Atlanta. Henry Wallace of Des Moines spoke on Iowa Scotch-Irish. A poem by Frank L. Stanton was read.
The Musical Courier endorses Arthur Nikisch and calls the Boston Symphony Orchestra unique with him as conductor and musician. It notes opposition from several Boston critics, while listing new music releases and works by Roeder Henschel and others, including Valse and arias with new songs by Bishop and Hinds.
Dr Appison D CrapTrres of Tremont Temple writes April 26 praising the Post for its expose of baby farming and condemning those who trade in the blood of innocents, urging continued defense of the dear little ones.
A reader praises the Post's engraving One Hundred Massachusetts Notabilities and commends the portraits as excellent based on personal acquaintance with many depicted. The letter from Carroll D Wright of the Department of Labor in Washington, D C, expresses satisfaction with the work and its accuracy.
Bates of Worcester Mass sends praise to Mr Grazier for his letter of April 14 and engraving One Hundred Massachusetts Notabilities. He notes a recent westward trip and congratulates the effort, dated April 25.
A reader from Boston thanks the paper for the engraving and the new type and Sala letter. He notes pleasure in studying the faces of the honored men and congratulates on the design. Dated Boston April 25, signed G. W. Summons.
A London correspondent laments the city’s few daily papers amid bustling European discourse on stock trading jargon. He recalls Old English journalism, questions cryptic market terms, and recounts a Seamen’s Rest meeting about sailors being robbed in low lodging houses, noting publicans’ distant role.
A contemporary notes a Mashonaland Herald and Zambesian Times printed by hectograph at Salisba, and a lithographed Deccan journal used as a handkerchief before washing. The piece also covers Prince Bismarck quips on drink, reflections on Walt Whitman’s estate, and a brief jab at Sophy’s cleanliness in literary circles.
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